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Resource Directory
Health, Mental (23) 
Al-Anon and Alateen
Tel: 212-941-0094 (call to find a meeting near you).
Alanon and Alateen hold weekly meetings for the relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve problems associated with the family disease of alcoholism.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel: 212-647-1680 (call to find a meeting near you).
AA is an informal society of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other to solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. They meet in local groups, which range in size from a handful in some localities to many hundreds in larger communities.
Alianza Dominicana
2410 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-740-1960.
Fax: 212-740-1967.
Email: mguerrero@alianzadom.org.
Develops model neighborhood-based initiatives using comprehensive and integrated services, which attend to the multiple needs of children, youth and families in the community. Services include after-school programs; youth employment training services; drop-out prevention services; summer day camps; youth-led community service projects; comprehensive HIV/AIDS services; entitlement assistance and advocacy; facilitated enrollment in health plans; drug prevention and treatment programs; mental health counseling and supportive programming; psychotherapy for children and adolescents; day care and home care services; domestic violence prevention services; home visitation services; foster care and adoption services.
Alianza Dominicana HOPE Program
2340 Amesterdam Ave (corner of 176th Street), New York, NY 10032..
Tel: 212-927-6810.
Fax: 212-795-9645.
Provides individual counseling, prevention case management and referral services for the LGBTQ community. They also host community workshops and forums around lesbian and gay issues, including topics such as safer sex, sexual orientation, self-esteem, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse. The HOPE program also participates in and conducts annual recreational activities for the Latino LGBTQ community. UPTOWN PRIDE, another HOPE program, is a six-week peer education training group for LGBTQ youth ages 14-21 that focuses on HIV prevention and LGBTQ support.
Center for Urban Community Services
Uptown Program: 409 West 145th Street, New York, NY 10031.
Fax: 212-862-0805.
Email: cucsinfo@cucs.org.
CUCS reduces homelessness, advances effective housing and service initiatives, and provides supportive services to people with mental illness, AIDS, histories of substance abuse, and other special needs.
Community Association of Progressive Dominicans
3940 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-781-5500.
Fax: 212-543-2554.
Promotes the physical, emotional, social, and economic well-being of residents of Upper Manhattan. Youth services: academic enhancement, peer counseling, recreational and cultural activities, high school and college preparation, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, health and nutrition, young mothers' group, summer camp. Mental health services: evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention; psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring; psychosocial education; play therapy; women's support groups; individual, group and family psychotherapy; parenting group; and case management services. Special prevention, consultation and educational services to address the mental health needs of youth and their families. Other services: ESL and GED classes, immigration and citizenship assistance, housing assistance, TB prevention program, and much more.
Cornerstone Center
178 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-923-5757.
Email: osanyc@verizon.net.
A multiservice center that offers classes in aerobics, yoga, karate, pottery, dance, music, a children's choir, English as a second language classes, a new mothers group, summer day camp for children, girl scouts in the fall, Alcoholics Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous. The center also has meeting space available for rental by community groups at low fees.
Dominican Women's Development Center
519 West 189th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10040.
Tel: 212-994-6060.
Fax: 212-994-6065.
Email: guzmany@dwdc.org.
"El Centro" stands as an epi-center of women, children, youth, and family-focused activity in the Washington Heights/Inwood community. They counteract gender subordination by promoting self-sufficiency, advancing educational goals and engendering the necessary skills and self-esteem to transform individual lives and community. They offer free services to women residing in Washington Heights/Inwood and other NYC communities, including: educational development, GED preparation, ESL and BENL classes, citizenship preparation, child care and day care services, ESOL, computer technology training, after-school programs, economic development, home health aid training/placement, domestic violence program, parenting group, educational/support groups for adolescents and children, health promotion, vaccination outreach, advocacy and organizing, youth programs, information and referrals.
Heritage Health Care
1727 Amsterdam Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10031.
Tel: 212-862-0054.
Fax: 212-862-5516.
Non-profit organization that provides services in adult and pediatric medicine, women's health, podiatry, ophthalmology, HIV care, social work and referrals, case management, and substance abuse counseling. Accepts most major insurance plans, Medicaid and Medicare. Services also available to individuals and families without insurance, with convenient payment plans.
Hope Program
715 West 179th Street, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-795-4226.
Fax: 212-795-4285.
Offers case management and mental health services, as well as HIV health education outreach programs.
Inwood Community Services
651 Academy Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10034.
Tel: 212-942-0043.
Fax: 212-567-9476.
Programs include counseling, drug rehabilitation, adult literacy, and youth and family services.
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
549 West 180th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-795-9888.
Fax: 212-795-9899.
Email: admin@jbfcs.org.
Helps people coping with depression, stress and bereavement; adolescent conduct disorder, substance abuse; HIV/AIDS; homelessness; developmental disability and many more problems common to life today. JBFCS is known for its highly trained social workers, licensed psychologists and psychiatrists, teachers and creative arts therapists who staff clinics, continuing day treatment programs and residential treatment centers. Staff fluent in Spanish and Russian available.
Jewish Community Council of Washington Heights-Inwood
121 Bennett Avenue, #11A, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-568-5450.
Fax: 212-928-3059.
Email: jccwhi@juno.com.
Provides a broad range of social, educational, and supportive services for the elderly, immigrants, and needy in the community. Services include community relations, counseling/mental health, adult day care/day programs, employment services, English as a Second Language, entitlement services/advocacy, friendly visiting, food pantry and weekend meals, Holocaust survivor services, home care planning, immigrant and refugee services, adult recreational programs, respite, Kesher senior programs, telephone reassurance, and transportation.
Narcotics Anonymous
Tel: 212-929-6262 (call to find a meeting near you).
NA is a society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. "We are not interested in what or how much you used ... but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help."
New Mothers' Support Groups
Tel: 212-781-6368.
Email: shaligher@yahoo.com.
Support, referral and information for new mothers in Washington Heights. Learn strategies to deal with the challenges your new role presents. Practice Shiatsu and Qi Gong to help soothe and comfort your baby and yourself. Be a part of a growing community of new families near you.
New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-543-5000.
Email: webmaster@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu.
Provides medical and counseling services and conducts research on anxiety disorders, depression, mental health of HIV-positive people, Latinos, homeless people, eating disorders, substance abuse, smoking, winter depression, schizophrenia.
New York-Presbyterian Medical Center Outpatient MICA Program
710 West 168th Street, 12th floor, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-305-9835.
Fax: 212-305-9732.
A clinic servicing the Washington Heights population (adults) who suffer from co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse. Provides evaluations and ongoing psychotherapy and psychopharm treatment.
Partners Anonymous, Inc.
159-34 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-927-7738.
Fax: 212-927-6942.
Provides therapeutic services on a sliding scale to all members of families affected by domestic violence in order to curtail domestic violence and to help family members change the ways they relate to one another. Services include individual psychotherapy, marital counseling, family therapy, lectures, training workshops and consultation. Referrals and mediation provided.
Project Renewal
651 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-740-1780.
Fax: 212-740-1281.
Email: info@projectrenewal.org.
The Fort Washington Men's Shelter is a 200-bed facility with three psychiatric treatment centers on site. They offer psychiatric and nursing care, clinical case management, group and individual counseling, recreational activities, entitlements advocacy, vocational services and housing referrals. Every resident is expected to visit a psychiatrist while at the facility. Case managers work alongside clients to help them achieve their therapeutic goals. The recreation department offers a variety of activities, such as movie screenings, leisure trips, games, sports, music, arts and crafts. A primary care medical clinic provides basic health services, including physical exams, medical evaluations, TB tests, treatment services and referrals. A clean-and-sober dorm is offered to clients who actively maintain their sobriety. A stipend program is available for clean-and-sober residents who pursue their individualized treatment goals. Also provided: vocational support group, three meals daily, gym, two recreation rooms, barber shop, laundromat.
Project STAY
21 Audubon Avenue (at 166th Street), New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 646-284-9725.
Fax: 646-284-9729.
Email: atc1@columbia.edu.
Funded by the New York State Department of Health's AIDS Institute, Project STAY provides comprehensive medical and psychosocial services to high-risk and HIV-positive youth between the ages of 12 and 24. For example, services include screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and HIV counseling and testing. For those youth who are HIV-positive, sensitive, developmentally appropriate medical and psychosocial care is available. Project STAY is housed in the same clinical facility as the Community Health and Education Program's Family Planning and Young Men's Clinic.
Rape Crisis Intervention/Crime Victims Program
New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Dept. of Social Work Services, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-305-9060.
Fax: 212-305-6196.
Provides crisis intervention in the emergency room, follow-up counseling and advocacy for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and other violent crimes. Emergency room support to survivors of sexual assault is available 24 hours through the use of volunteers. Provides support groups and community education on sexual assault and domestic violence.
STARS (Substance Treatment and Research Service)
600 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-923-3031.
Fax: 212-923-4372.
Email: brooksd@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu.
STARS is a nonprofit service that is part of the NYS Psychiatric Institution and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. It offers free and confidential treatment in a research setting for individuals having problems with substance abuse issues, including heroin, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol use.
Young Men's Clinic at New York-Presbyterian
21 Audubon Avenue (at 166th Street), 1st Floor, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-342-3232.
Provides primary health care and reproductive health services to young men ages 12 to 29 years old. The clinic also provides STI and HIV testing and treatment. Young men can learn about birth control methods and male involvement in pregnancy planning and prevention. Free condoms are provided. The cost if free if the patient is under 19 years old and no more than $20 if the patient is 19-29 years old. Provides services regardless of insurance status. Short-term mental health counseling is also provided. The staff is fully bilingual in Spanish and English. Registration occurs on Mondays at 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. and Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Patients can come to the clinic on a walk-in basis; no appointment is needed.